Sandy Silverthorne - Amazing Tips to Make You Smarter: Hundreds of Helpful, Fun Facts to Improve Your Life!

HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS

EUGENE, OREGON

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AMAZING TIPS TO MAKE YOU SMARTER

Copyright 2016 Sandy Silverthorne

Published by Harvest House Publishers

Eugene, Oregon 97402

www.harvesthousepublishers.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Silverthorne, Sandy, 1951-

Amazing tips to make you smarter / Sandy Silverthorne.

pages cm

ISBN 978-0-7369-6467-8 (pbk.)

ISBN 978-0-7369-6468-5 (eBook)

1. Curiosities and wonders. 2. Popular cultureMiscellanea.

I. Title.

AG243.S565 2016

031.02dc23

2015025247

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Contents

Amazing Tips to Make You Smarter is an offbeat resource thats sure to make you the smartest person in the room or at least one of the most interesting. Where else can you find the answers to such riveting questions as how to keep a pot from boiling over, how to keep ants out of your house, the best way to remove a splinter, what Finger Lickin Good means in Chinese, and how long it would take to drive to the sun?

Youll find invaluable information on food, school, work, travel, money helpful tidbits that will solicit an Oh yeah, why didnt I think of that? response. Youll actually feel your brain expanding as you read. (Not really, but you will feel smarter with every page.) So get to it, start digging, and have fun. Who knows? You might be the only person at your office who knows why there are two golf balls on the moon.

Have you ever thought theres got to be a better place to hide your wallet at the beach than in the toe of your shoe? And how would you like a surefire way to keep your cars cup holders clean all the time? Check out this list of helpful household hacks, guaranteed to make your life easier and more efficient.

Bathroom mirror all fogged up? Clear it up with the hair drier.

Use a bread tab to hold your place on a roll of masking tape.

Use a rubber band around an open can of paint to wipe your brush on. That way the sides of the can wont get messy.

Use toothpaste to clean hazy headlights.

Put a nylon stocking over the end of a vacuum hose to find small items, such as lost earrings.

Sprinkle cinnamon and cayenne pepper around the edge of your house to prevent ants from coming in. You might also consider planting lavender outsideants dont like it.

Have a little fender bender? Try some Red Bull energy drink to remove paint that came off the other car.

Apply mud to a bee sting. This will help remove the stinger and ease the pain.

Use dryer fabric sheets as dust rags. They pick up dust much better than cloth does.

If your little Picasso has used the wall for his crayon artwork, just dip a damp rag in baking soda to clean it off. Youll have to work at it, but it works.

AMAZING!!!

At Your Fingertips

Use an old spice rack for nail polish and beauty supplies in your bathroom.

Place your candles in the freezer for at least two hours before you light them. Theyll last much longer.

Next time you get a splinter, place Scotch tape over it and gently pull. The adhesive should take the splinter right out.

To make your carpets smell fresh, sprinkle some baking soda over them, let it sit for about an hour, and then vacuum.

Before you clean your toilet, pour a can of Coke into it and let it sit for a couple of hours. The acid in the Coke will get rid of most of the stains!

When you need to fill some nail holes in your wall, gently rub a bar of white soap against the hole until its filled in. The soap works as a quick Spackle.

Use a fitted sheet to cover your box spring.

Wear a rubber glove when youre trying to open a jar and need extra grip.

If you get a small burn on your skin, spread a little mustard on it to soothe the pain.

To get rid of snails and slugs, place some boards in the garden overnight. In the morning, the slugs will be congregated on the bottom side, and you can toss them in your neighbors yard. (Kidding about the neighbors yard!)

Keep pictures straight on the wall by placing some double-sided tape in the bottom corners on the back.

In a hurry to childproof your home? Stick Band-Aids over low, unused electrical sockets.

Try sprinkling a little talcum powder on a squeaky wooden floor. Use a small brush to get it in between the cracks. That should get rid of the squeak.

Stick cupcake papers in your cars cup holders to keep them clean.

Use a plastic cereal container as a trash bin inside your car.

Clean your blender by filling it about halfway with warm water. Add a drop of dish soap and then run it. Rinse and dryall clean!

Clean your cheese grater with a pastry brush.

AMAZING!!!

Hiding Place

Keep your keys, phone, sunglasses, and purse or wallet in the same place so you wont spend valuable time searching for them every morning. (Some estimate that we spend a year of our life searching for lost items. Dont become a statistic.)

Next time youre packing some damp shoes into your suitcase, put them in a shower cap (your hotel will likely provide one). That will keep the rest of your belongings dry.

When stopping at the drive-through with your kids, put their meals in plastic arts-and-crafts baskets. The food fits perfectly, the baskets are super easy to clean, and you wont have ketchup and fries all over the backseat.

If you have trouble keeping your kids clothes straight on laundry day, use a permanent marker to place small dots on the labelsone for your oldest, two for the next oldest, and so on.

To get rid of fish odor in the kitchen, mix 3 tablespoons of white vinegar in 1 cup of water and boil for several minutes. That should take care of it. You can also try adding 1 or 2 tablespoons of lemon juice to the pan.